Council Committee Action Tracker

Formal decisions

The Council tracks formal decisions from Committee meetings. To search for a specific decision please select the link below and use the search to find the decision you are looking for. The record of decisions is also included in the minutes of the relevant meeting.

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Other actions arising from meetings

With effect from the Council’s Annual General Meeting in May 2024, the Council will also track other actions arising during meetings.

Actions include commitments made by Members (e.g. Leader, Portfolio Holder or Chairman of a Committee) to:

• provide a written response to a question that cannot be answered at the meeting in question,
• write to Government/individuals/other persons as a result of a decision/request, or
• undertake other actions

Actions are published on this page for 12 months before being archived. Once removed you can request the outcomes of actions by emailing democraticsupport@cornwall.gov.uk.

Where officers make a commitment to provide a written response in a meeting these will also be tracked.

The actions can be found below in the relevant meeting section:

Cabinet

18 March 2026

LGA Corporate Peer Challenge – finalised action plan

Action – Chief Executive to publish the finalised action plan

Response - Will be added soon

Full Council

20 January 2026

Motion Cornwall Council says it values trial by jury

Action - It was resolved that this Council

i) Mandates the Leader to write to the Home Secretary at their earliest convenience, condemning the Government's plans to massively restrict the ancient right to trial by jury.

ii) Affirms Cornwall Council's support for trial by jury and its civic value to Cornish communities.

iii) Writes to the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, and to Cornwall's Members of Parliament, setting out this Council's position.  As well as urging the safeguarding of jury trials as a fundamental component of the justice system.

iv) Asks the Leader and the relevant Cabinet Member to work with Communications to publish a short public statement.  This will recognise the contribution of jurors and signposting official information about jury service.

Response - Letter from the Leader

Motion Cornwall Council Supports Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business in Cornwall

Action - It was resolved 

1. That this Council mandates the Leader to write to the Chancellor to point out the devastating impact her measures, announced in the Autumn Budget 2025, will have on Cornwall's Retail, Hospitality and Leisure (RHL) sector.
2. That this Council opposes specific measures in the Autumn Budget 2025, which relate to RHL businesses in Cornwall, and requests the Government to:
   (a) Reverse its decision to end existing Retail, Hospitality and Leisure (RHL) business rates relief (40% up to a cash cap per business) on 31 March 2026. The consequence of the current policy will mean that many businesses will face higher bills.
   (b) Consider increasing the business rates discount for hospitality to the full 20p permitted in legislation.
   (c) Commit to delaying business rates revaluation levels for hospitality businesses and freeze them at 2023 levels.
   (d) Acknowledge that whilst the Government has introduced lower business rates multipliers for RHL properties, this is a significantly less generous policy than the previous 40% relief for many businesses.
   (e) Accept that a Transition Relief Scheme only applies to a limited number of businesses. It slows the increase rather than reducing the overall tax burden RHL businesses will face. 
   (f) Implement a 5% reduction in VAT on Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Businesses.
3. That this Council recognises the significant social, economic and cultural contribution that Retail, Hospitality and Leisure businesses provide in Cornwall, including:
   (a) 49,200 job and career opportunities in the RHL sector in Cornwall alone.
   (b) RHL GVA in Cornwall totals £1.35 billion annually.  Highlighting this sector as a significant economic driver locally.
4. That this Council urgently takes action to review the measures announced in the Autumn Budget 2024.  It provides an assessment on their likely impact on the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure sector.
5. That this Council provides and publishes clear guidance on its website on how businesses affected can mitigate these measures and be supported during this difficult time.
6. That officers do not take any action on this decision until Government confirms its position.

Response - will be added soon.

Motion Cornwall NHS Dentistry

Action - In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 12.4, the Chairman referred the motion to the Cabinet as the subject matter was one coming within its functions.

Response - a meeting to discuss this was held on 3 February 2026.

Kit Hill Country Proposed Parking Charges

Action - Councillor Rogerson to arrange to meet with Councillor Parsons on site (with other interested parties) to discuss the proposals.

Response - A meeting was held to discuss this on 6 February 2026.

Gritting Routes

Action - Councillor Rogerson to provide information to Councillor Candy in relation to how many days gritting has taken place, the routes, costs and amount of grit used.

Response - Gritting Routes

Storm Goretti

Action - Councillor Marrington to confirm the position to Councillor Alvey in respect of the approach as to why there was not a declaration of a major incident including why the Tactical and Strategic Coordination Groups were not stood up, and share with all Members

Response -  Storm Goretti 

Tideford Proposed Parking Charges

Action - Councillor Rogerson to arrange to meet Councillor Ewert and the Parish Council to understand the issues and potential for devolution of the car park.

Response - A meeting was held to discuss this on 20 February 2026.

General Wolfe, St Austell

Action - Councillor Dwelly to provide a written response to Councillor Yelland with the detail of the history of the purchase, work to date and future plans.

Response - will be added soon. 

24 February 2026

Tenants in receipt of housing benefit

Action - Councillor La Broy to provide a written response to Councillor Magowan on the number of tenants in receipt of housing benefit.

Response - Response to Cllr Magowan

Informal Investment Panel

Action - Further to his undertaking at the Council's Annual General Meeting in May 2025, Councillor Frost to provide a written reply to Councillor Donnithorne in relation to his query about the potential reinstatement of the former Informal Investment Panel, or an alternative arrangement.

Response - The relevant officers are due to meet in May to discuss and agree a way forward. An update will be provided following the meeting.

Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)

Action - Councillor Preece to provide a written reply to Councillor Mustoe on the number of applications received in relation to CIL funding and the deadlines involved.

Response - Response from Cllr Preece.

Wind Turbine - Tregony

Action - Councillor Rich to meet with Councillor German on the potential deployment of a wind turbine at Tregony.

Response - 02/04/26 - Officers have contacted Cllr German direct regarding the specifics of the wind turbine. No meeting required.

St Piran's Day

Action - Consideration to be given to avoiding St Piran's Day in the schedule of meetings in future years.

Response - avoiding scheduling meetings on St Piran's Day has been added to the meeting principles document which is used for the scheduling of future meetings.

21 April 2026

Motion Review of Admissions Policy: Fair Access for Mevagissey Families to Secondary School Transport

Action - It was resolved that Cabinet is requested to:

(i) Update Cornwall Council's admissions policy to make Penrice and Poltair Schools joint designated schools for the current Penrice School and Poltair designated areas, thus allowing pupils from Mevagissey fair access to school transport; and

(ii) in carrying out (i), take the opportunity to review the wider policy to ensure other rural communities are not being adversely affected in the same way.

Response - will be added soon.

Motion Cornwall Dentistry

Action - It was resolved that Cornwall Council calls on our Director of Public Health, to:

(a) Identify schools not engaged in oral health preventative programmes, including those declining participation and set out action to increase uptake, and exploring extending supervised toothbrushing through family wellbeing hubs.

(b) Work with partners, including Smile Together, to expand the dental van and establish dental nurse led check-up and referral pathways into NHS services.

(c) Investigate initiatives to encourage local students into dentistry and support their return to practise in Cornwall.

(d) Ensure all Looked After Children are registered with an NHS dentist and receive a check-up within six months of entering care.

Response - will be added soon.

Motion Communities Must Not be Overlooked

Action - It was resolved that

(i) this Council notes that 379 areas across the United Kingdom have been allocated a share of £5.8bn government funding through the government's 'Pride in Place' programme, and not one of them is in Cornwall - despite longstanding and widely recognised issues of deprivation in Cornish communities.

(ii) This Council notes the numerous reports highlighting that deprivation in rural regions in particular can be hidden and/or ignored by virtue of the measures and formulas government uses to determine and address deprivation.

(iii) This Council condemns this failure and mandates the Leader to write to Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to point out the very real issues of deprivation in Cornwall and requests the Government to:

a) Publish the rural proofing assessment of the Pride in Place programme

b) Review its approach to regeneration funding through schemes such as Pride in Place

c) Work with Cornwall to establish a bespoke funding scheme that empowers and provides tailored support to tackle deprivation in Cornish communities.

d) Reform resource-allocation formulas to more accurately reflect deprivation in a rural context, through use of LSOA-level data, multi dimensional deprivation profiles that reflect the realities of rural living, and recognise the higher per capita costs of rural service provision.

(iv) Cornwall Council engages with the LGA to help advise government on pride of place and neighbourhood investment.

Response - will be added soon.

Motion Public Realm Weed Treatment Programme: Requirment for Public Consultation

Action - It was resolved that Cabinet is requested to:

1. Recognise that the decision to reintroduce chemical weed treatment using glyphosate represents a significant policy reversal with ecological, public health and democratic implication for communities across Cornwall.
2. Pause the commencement of chemical weed treatment currently scheduled for May 2026 until a meaningful public consultation process has been completed.
3. Undertake their tidy ups and tackling of structural defects within existing policy, explicitly that glyphosate shall not be used except for the control of Schedule 9 invasive plants.
4. Recognise the wholly inadequate three week opt out window provided to parish and town councils which included Easter and commits to extending this to 30 days after the public consultation results have been published.
5. Give town/parish councils more clarity on the minimum required standards of the urban network.
6. Urgently review the financial terms of the opt-out scheme, which as currently structured are coercive: town and parish councils that exercise their democratic right to refuse glyphosate treatment are penalised by the simultaneous removal of wider targeted estate improvement works, and are offered funding covering only the chemical treatment element (£343.45 per km), leaving them to bear the full additional cost of alternative weed management,  waste clearance and public liability insurance from their own precept. Decouple the opt-out from the loss of estate improvement funding.
7. Pending completion of the public consultation and Cabinet's consideration of its outcome, no significant additional expenditure, capital investment, or long-term contractual commitment related specifically to glyphosate use or application methods be entered into.
8. Request officers to design and carry out limited, locally controlled trials of non-glyphosate weed control methods on representative sites, with clear cost, effectiveness and safety data reported to Cabinet alongside the consultation outcomes.

Response - will be added soon.

Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs)

Action - The Leader to review all NDAs made in the last Council and withdraw any delegations to make NDAs by officers without political sign-off.

Response - will be added soon.

Cornwall Council/Treveth Relationship with Vistry

Action - A written response to be provided to Councillor Wilson on Cornwall Council/Treveth relationship with Vistry, to provide further detail on the initial reply made at the meeting.

Response - will be added soon.

Together for Families Overview and Scrutiny Committee

14 January 2026

Children benefiting from HAF-funded activities

Action - Officers to circulate figures on the total number of children benefiting from the HAF-funded activities across Cornwall.

Response - Briefing Note on HAF funding.

Confidential briefing as to "Requires Improvement" judgement

Action - Officers to provide a confidential briefing as to "Requires Improvement" judgement on one of its Children's Homes.

Response - will be added soon.

Appeal case on the proposed school at Perranporth

Action - To share the appeal case with the Committee on the proposed school at Perranporth once it is submitted.

Response - Perranporth School appeal case.

Link and login guidance for LAIT

Action - Officers to share link and login guidance for the Department of Education Interactive Tool (LAIT)

Response - Officers have shared link and login guidance.

Standards Committee

• View decisions from 2025

Corporate Finance and Performance Overview and Scrutiny Committee

• View decisions from 2025

Sustainable Growth and Place Overview and Scrutiny Committee

13 January 2026

Department of Transport league table link and benchmarking/comparison data

Action - Officers to circulate Department of Transport league table link and benchmarking/comparison data to the Committee.

Response - Bus statistics

Investigate devolution powers/constraints for Cornwall and circulate the English Devolution Bill

Action - Officers to investigate devolution powers/constraints for Cornwall and circulate to the Committee (English Devolution Bill)

Response - English Devolution Bill

Council contributions to the Global Cornish Event

Action - Councillor Preece to clarify Council contributions to the Global Cornish Event and share with the Committee.

Response - Council contributions to the Global Cornish Event

Overnight parking proposals

Action - Councillor Rogerson to clarify specific overnight parking proposals (consistency and conditions).

Response - Overnight parking proposals.

Torpoint car park proposal

Action - Councillor Rogerson to investigate Torpoint car park proposal and consider removal if appropriate.

Response - Torpoint car park.

Parish Council consulted on Off Street Parking Order

Action - Councillor Rogerson to ensure Town and Parish Council were consulted on the Off Street Parking Order, particularly those affected by the changes.

Response - Parish Council consultation.

3 March 2026

Local connection criteria

Councillor La Broy to provide a separate detailed explanation of the local connection criteria for circulation to the Committee. 

Response - Local Connection Criteria

Cornwall Road Safety Strategy

1) Councillor Channon requested figures on vehicles registered in Cornwall and traffic flows.

Response: Response to Cllr Channon.

2) A Follow-up discussion on A374/route-based concerns was requested by Councillor Gibbons.

Response: The relevant officer has met with Cllr Gibbons regarding route based concerns.

3) A list of educational and behavioural-change programmes being run with Vision Zero to be provided by officers.

Response: SGPOSC Road Safety Response

4) Officers to be committed to making collision and performance data publicly accessible, likely via the Council website and Power BI dashboards

Response - will be added soon.

Off Street Parking Order

1) Officers to identify (i) date of £1m resurfacing quote and maintenance cost details and (ii) accuracy of reported maintenance visits and figures and correct/clarify banding and tariff classification for Fairground Car Park, Helston.

Response: Taken up directly with Cllr Jenkin who raised the query 

2) Officers to provide details of business case assumptions (income modelling) and income ranges for winter charging in specific car parks and new charges in currently free car parks.

Response: Provided direct to Cllr Donnithorne

3) Officers to update/publish improved promotion and information on JustPark Wallet and refresh QR-code signage campaign.

Response: New posters and website updates put in place, with social media comms to follow

4) For Committee Members to forward objections/comments to the Chairman which would be presented to the Cabinet on 18 March 2026.

Community Wellbeing Overview and Scrutiny Committee

15 January 2026

Storm Response

Action - Information on any funding support for Council's response to storm (outside of the Bellwin Scheme).

Response - All Member Briefing concerning this issue was held on 30 January 2026.

AMB for Members on storm Goretti response and funding

Action - Councillor Marrington to consider AMB for Members on storm Goretti response and funding at appropriate time.

Response - All Member Briefing concerning this issue was held on 30 January 2026.

Youth Participation Framework

Action - Youth Participation Framework to be shared with Members.

Response - Youth Participation Framework.

Indicative number of drug related deaths during the year

Action - Indicative number of drug related deaths during the year to be provided to the Committee Members - confirmed number to be provided once available.

Response - Information provided to Members.

5 March 2026

Questions from Members to the Cabinet Members on their update

Cllr Marrington/Officer – update provided to Committee Members following discussions with South West Water re sewage issue at Stithians.

Response - Response to be provided soon.

Cllr Jenkin to be invited to meeting with Cllr Marrington and South West Water at Wendron Treatment Works.

Response - Response to be provided soon.

Fire station viability report to be considered for work programme. (Work programme form requested from Cllr Clemens)

Response - Response to be provided soon.

Cllr Rich to provide response to Cllr Mustoe on reason for waste from landslide in Mevagissey having to be taken to Penryn for disposal - Why aren’t all HWRC’s licenced to take this waste?

Response - Response to be provided soon.

Cllr Rich to provide response to Committee in respect of Closed Churchyard management on how increasing budget can be ensured going forward as more churchyards fall to the responsibility of the Council to maintain.

Response - Response to be provided soon.

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Leadership Board

• View 2025 decisions

Budget Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee

• View 2025 decisions

Audit Committee

13 January 2026

Whether an audit of the Airport PSO contract should be undertaken

Action - Answer to be provided to Members regarding whether an audit of the Airport PSO contract should be undertaken and governance issues surrounding employment of a former Councillor by Cornwall Airport Newquay. 

Response - will be added soon.

Confidence in the Annual Assurance Statement officer sign off process

Action - Details of what provides assurance to officers in order for them to be confident in the Annual Assurance Statement officer sign off process.

Response - Response provided to Cllr German

Reasons of increase in Members expenses

Action - Details for reasons of increase in Members expenses to be provided

Response - Response provided to Member.

Committee in Common

(Committee in Common Between the Cornwall Health and Wellbeing Board and the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Partnership)

• View decisions from 2025

Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee

7 January 2026

Concerns regarding CQC performance

Action - Chairman and Vice Chairman to write to Andrew George MP, noting his position as MP and as a Member of the Parliamentary Health and Social Care Select Committee to express concerns regarding CQC performance given the draft inspection report of Cornwall Council Adult Social Care is not yet available, six months after the inspection having taken place.

Response - Following receipt of the draft CQC report shortly after the meeting, the Chair and Vice Chair have decided to write to MP Andrew George following the final report having been reviewed by the Committee in order that any issues can be expressed encompassing the whole inspection and review process.

Discussions and outcomes of the initial meeting of the Age Friendly working group

Action - Portfolio Holder for Adult Social Care and Health Partnerships to provide a briefing note update to the Committee on discussions and outcomes of the initial meeting of the Age Friendly working group.

Response - Age Friendly working group.

Informal briefing on the Adult Social Care budget proposals

Action - An informal briefing be held for Committee Members on the Adult Social Care budget proposals prior to their presentation at Cabinet.

Response -  The informal briefing session was held on Wednesday 4 February 2026 at 4pm.

Individual Decision Days

25 February 2026

Provision of Mobile Phones or a Second Sim to Elected Members

Information on the availability of sim provision to be added to Member induction plan.

Response - will be added soon.

North Hill, Blackwater

Officers to arrange an invitation to Councillor Parsonage and Councillor Tarrant for discussion with Treveth.

Response - will be added soon.

Statutory Public Sector Equality Duty Return (Annual Review) 2026

1) The governance route for consideration of EDI forward strategy to be considered.

2) A briefing on EDI task group to be sent to Members for information.

Response - Note taken to ensure inclusion in the next annual report.

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Constitution and Governance Committee

31 March 2026

Operation of Provisions Relating to Special Urgency and Call-in

 Action  – Look to see how Cornwall compares to different authorities in respect of the number of call-ins and update Members of the Committee for future reports.

Response - Note taken to ensure inclusion in the next annual report.

Action – Committee to be provided with the exempt information relating to the three uses of urgency to support further understanding.

Response - Committee provided with the exempt information as directed.